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London’s Topic label has released many albums of traditional music and song. The catalogue is so huge that only Irish releases have been listed here. For the full list visit the Musical Traditions site at www.mustrad.org.uk

 

Prefixes: T or the later TOP & STOP = 7” 45 or EP; 10T = 10”; 12T = mono LP; 12TS = stereo LP; TPS = sampler LP; SP = special pressing (never issued); TSCD = CD.

 

 

Vinyl

 

T 3                               Patrick Galvin with Al Jeffrey – Irish Songs of Resistance,

 Part 1 (1956)

T 4                               Patrick Galvin with Al Jeffrey – Irish Songs of Resistance,

 Part 2

10T 6                           Margaret Barrie (sic) and Michael Gorman – Street Songs

 and Fiddle Tunes of Ireland (1958)

 

12T 28                         Dominic Behan with John Halsted – Irish Songs Recalled

12T 35                         Dominic Behan with Peggy Seeger, Leon Rosselson and

Ralph Rinzler – Down by the Liffeyside: Irish Street Ballads

(1958)

12T41                          Ewan MacColl and Dominic Behan – Streets of Song

12T 44                         Dominic Behan with John Halsted – Easter Week and After

 (1958; reissued 1965)

 

TOP 85                       Dominic Behan – Peelers and Prisoners (1963)

12T 87                         The McPeake Family – Irish Traditional Songs (1963)

TOP 89                       Willie Clancy and Michael Gorman – Irish Pipe and Fiddle

 Tunes (1963)

12T 91                         Joe Heaney – Irish Traditional Songs in Gaelic and English

(1963)

TOP 92                       The McPeake Family – Wild Mountain Thyme (1963)

 

TOP 101                     Dominic Behan – Dominic Takes the Floor (1963 or 1964?)

SP 102                         The McCusker Brothers (compilation of commercially released

78s and BBC recordings)

STOP 115                   Dominic Behan – The Patriot Game/Erin go Brach (1964)

12T 123                       Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman – Her Mantle So

Green (1965)

12T 139                       Paddy Tunney – A Wild Bee’s Nest (1965)

12T 153                       Paddy Tunney, Arthur Kearney, Frank Kelly, Joe Tunney –

Ireland Her Own (1966)

 

12T 157-12T 161        The Folk Songs of Britain, Volumes 1 to 5 (1968) include a

number of Irish singers & musicians

 

12T 165                       Paddy Tunney – The Irish Edge (1966)

TPS 168                      Various – From Erin’s Green Shore (1966) Topic Sampler No.

4

12T 172                       Frank Harte with Alf Edwards – Dublin Street Songs (1967)

12T 175                       Willie Clancy – The Minstrel from Clare (1967 or 1968)

12T 176                       Various – Paddy in the Smoke: Irish Music from a London

Pub (1968)

12T 177                       Various – Grand Airs of Connemara (1968)

12T 182                       Mrs. Sarah Makem – Ulster Ballad Singer (1968)

12T 184                       Various – The Breeze from Erin (1968)

 

12T 195-12T 197        The Folk Songs of Britain, Volumes 6-8 (1971) include a

number of Irish singers

 

12T 202                       Various – More Grand Airs from Connemara (1971)

12TS 209                    The Irish Country Four – Songs, Ballads and Instrumental

Tunes from Ulster (1971 or 1972?)

12T 218                       Frank Harte – Through Dublin City (1972)

12TS 223                    Peta Webb with Lucy Farr, Michael Plunkett and Reg Hall – I

Have Wandered in Exile

12TS 230                    Various – The Lark in the Clear Air (1974)

12TS 248                    John Lyons – The May Morning Dew (1974)

 

12T 250                       Sιamus Ennis – The Wandering Minstrel (1974)

12TS 251                    The Russell Family of Doolin, Co. Clare (1975)

12TS 257                    Packie Byrne – Songs of a Donegal Man (1975)

12T 259                       Leo Rowsome – Classics of Irish Piping, Volume 1 (1975)

12T 262                       William Andrews, Liam Walsh – Classics of Irish Piping,

Volume 2 (1976)

12TS 264                    Paddy Tunney – The Mountain Streams Where the

Moorcocks Crow

12T 269                       Robert Cinnamond – You Rambling Boys of Pleasure (1975)

 

12TS 287                    Seαn McAloon and John Rea – Drops of Brandy (1976)

12T 288                       Felix Doran – The Last of the Travelling Pipers (1976)

12TS 289                    Paddy Tunney – The Flowery Vale

12T 290                       Cathal McConnell and Robin Morton – An Irish Jubilee

(1976)

12TS 294                    Pat Mitchell – Uilleann Pipes (1976)

 

12TS 305                    The O’Halloran Brothers – The Men of the Island (1976)

12TS 306                    Jimmy Power – Irish Fiddle Player (1976)

12T 309                       Pαdraig O’Keeffe, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford – Kerry

Fiddles: Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 1 (1977) – also

TSCD309

12TS 310                    The Star of Munster Trio: Music from Sliabh Luachra,

Volume 2 (1977)

12TS 311                    John, Julia and Billy Clifford – The Humours of Lisheen:

Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 3 (1977)

12TS 312                    Billy Clifford et al. – Irish Traditional Flute Solos and Band

Music from Kerry and Tipperary: Music from Sliabh

Luachra, Volume 4 (1977)

12TS 314                    Kevin Mitchell – Free and Easy (1977)

12TS 316                    Rose Murphy – Milltown Lass: Old Time Irish Fiddle and

Accordion (1977)

 

 

12T 322                       Leo Rowsome – Classics of Irish Piping, Volume 3 (1977)

12TS 325                    Josie McDermott – Darby’s Farewell (1977)

12TS 334                    Len Graham – Wind and Water (1977)

12TS 335                    Tommy Healy and Johnny Duffy with Reg Hall – Memories

of Sligo (1977)

12TS 337                    Jack and Charlie Coen – The Branch Line (1977)

12TS 338                    Vincent Griffin – Traditional Fiddle Music from County Clare

(1977)

12TS 339                    Packie Duignan and Sιamus Horan – Traditional Irish Music

from County Leitrim (1978)

 

12TS 352                    Terry Teahan and Gene Kelly – Old Time Irish Music in

America (1977)

12TS 357                    Johnny O’Leary – Music for the Set: Music from Sliabh

Luachra, Volume 5 (1977)

12TS 358                    Jackie Daly – Traditional Accordion and Concertina Music:

Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 6 (1977)

12T 359                       John Reilly – The Bonny Green Tree: Songs of an Irish

Traveller

12TS 362                    Mary Ann Carolan – Songs from the Irish Tradition

12TS 363                    Tom Lenihan – Paddy’s Panacea: Traditional Songs from

West Clare (1978)

12T 364                       Hugh Gillespie – Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional

Fiddle Music (1978)

12T 365                       The Flanagan Brothers – An Irish Delight (1978)

12T 366                       Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band

12T 367                       John McGettigan and His Irish Minstrels

12TS 368                    John Doonan – At the Feis: Irish Traditional Dance Music in

Strict Tempo (1978)

12TS 369                    Various – The Lambs on the Green Hills: Songs from County

Clare

 

12TS 372                    George Hanna and Sarah Anne O’Neill – On the Shores of

Lough Neagh

12TS 373                    John Rea – The Irish Hammered Dulcimer (1979)

12TS 377                    Cathal McConnell with Willie Johnson and Robin Morton –

On Lough Erne’s Shore (1979)

12TS 383                    Paddy Glackin, Mick Gavin and Michael O’Brien – Flags of

Dublin

12TS 390                    Tom Ennis and James Morrison

12TS 397                    Various – Pass the Time: An Anthology of Donegal Fiddling

(never issued)

12TS 398                    John Doherty – Bundle and Go (1980)

 

12TS 401                    Joe Holmes and Len Graham – After Dawning

12TS 409                    Boys of the Lough – Regrouped (1980)

12TS 422                    Boys of the Lough – In the Tradition (1981)

12TS 433                    Boys of the Lough – Open Road (1983)

 

           

 

Compact Discs

 

TSCD 309                   Pαdraig O’Keeffe, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford – Kerry

Fiddles

TSCD 358                   Jackie Daly – Traditional Music from Sliabh Luachra (2009)
TSCD 461                   Four Men and a Dog – Barking Mad

TSCD 471                   Leo Rowsome – Classics of Irish Piping (1993 – combination of

12T 259 and 12T 322)

TSCD 474                   Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman – Her Mantle So Green (1994 – combination of 10T 6, 12T 123 and archive recordings)

TSCD 518D                Joe Heaney – The Road from Connemara (2000)

TSCD 525D                Michael Gorman – The Sligo Champion (2001)

TSCD 530                   Colin Reid – Tilt (2001)

TSCD 541                   Colin Reid – Swim

TSCD 583                   The McPeake Family – Wild Mountain Thyme (2009 – combination of 12T 87 and TOP 92)

 

TSCD 602                   Various – Irish Dance Music (1995)

TSCD 603                   Various – Paddy in the Smoke (1997 – extended reissue of

12T 176)

TSCD 604                   Various – Past Masters of Irish Dance Music (2000)

TSCD 605                   Various – Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music (2001)

TSCD 606                   Various – Round the House and Mind the Dresser (2001)

 

The Voice of the People series (TSCD 651-TSCD 670, and its sampler, TSCD 751) features various Irish singers

 

CD samplers

 

TSCD 701                   Various – Celtic Voices (1995)

TSCD 702                   Various – Irish Voices (1996)

TSCD 704                   Various – Ancient Celtic Roots (1996)

 

 

 

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